Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] media: uapi: add MEDIA_BUS_FMT_METADATA_FIXED media bus format.

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Hi Dafna,

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 02:46:08PM +0100, Dafna Hirschfeld wrote:
> MEDIA_BUS_FMT_METADATA_FIXED should be used when
> the same driver handles both sides of the link and
> the bus format is a fixed metadata format that is
> not configurable from userspace.
> The width and height will be set to 0 for this format.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dafna Hirschfeld <dafna.hirschfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Helen Koike <helen.koike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes since v2:
> added documentation in subdev-formats.rst
> changes since v1:
> 1. replace "This format may have 0 height and width."
> with "Width and height will be set to 0 for this format."
> and add it also to the commit log
> 2. s/meida:/media:/ in the patch subject line
> 
>  .../media/v4l/subdev-formats.rst              | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h         |  8 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/subdev-formats.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
> index c9b7bb3ca089..7f16cbe46e5c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
> @@ -7899,3 +7899,30 @@ formats.
>        - 0x5001
>        - Interleaved raw UYVY and JPEG image format with embedded meta-data
>  	used by Samsung S3C73MX camera sensors.
> +
> +.. _v4l2-mbus-metadata-fmts:
> +
> +Metadata Formats
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +This section lists all metadata formats.
> +
> +The following table lists the existing metadata formats.
> +
> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{8.0cm}|p{1.4cm}|p{7.7cm}|
> +
> +.. flat-table:: Metadata formats
> +    :header-rows:  1
> +    :stub-columns: 0
> +
> +    * - Identifier
> +      - Code
> +      - Comments
> +    * .. _MEDIA-BUS-FMT-METADATA-FIXED:
> +
> +      - MEDIA_BUS_FMT_METADATA_FIXED
> +      - 0x7001
> +      - This format should be used when the same driver handles
> +	both sides of the link and the bus format is a fixed
> +	metadata format that is not configurable from userspace.
> +	Width and height will be set to 0 for this format.
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h b/include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h
> index 84fa53ffb13f..2ce3d891d344 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/media-bus-format.h
> @@ -156,4 +156,12 @@
>  /* HSV - next is	0x6002 */
>  #define MEDIA_BUS_FMT_AHSV8888_1X32		0x6001
>  
> +/*
> + * This format should be used when the same driver handles
> + * both sides of the link and the bus format is a fixed
> + * metadata format that is not configurable from userspace.
> + * Width and height will be set to 0 for this format.
> + */

Does this mean that metadata with dimensions should not use
MEDIA_BUS_FMT_METADATA_FIXED? I guess that's not the intention? For some
formats the dimensions would be relevant but for others not. I'd thus
replace "will" by "may". Same for the documentation.

> +#define MEDIA_BUS_FMT_METADATA_FIXED		0x7001
> +
>  #endif /* __LINUX_MEDIA_BUS_FORMAT_H */

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus



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